chased leaders, led inside final furlong, driven out
soon led, headed inside final furlong, no extra
held up, headway over 2f out, kept on final furlong
led early, chased leader, one pace from over 1f out, edged right inside final furlong
slowly into stride, pushed along in rear, never on terms
tracked leaders and keen, ridden over 2f out, one paced from over 1f out
in touch, ridden over 2f out, one pace from over 1f out
Nonrunner
Course and distance suit SWINBROOK, who is taken to score here from Crocodile Bay and Don Pele. The selection has been tried without success in a couple of claimers of late and is no good thing here, but he generally can be relied upon to run his race and we will side with him. Crocodile Bay has done his recent winning at seven furlongs and a mile and he acts well at the track and in this sort of grade. This looks his preferred artificial surface and so we expect to see a better effort than was the case at Wolverhampton last time. Don Pele has done all his winning at this trip, and he went very close over course and distance on his first try at the track in a handicap last month. He is much respected, though strictly on the form book he has a bit to find with the selection at the weights. Kinout represents a yard going very well and if back to anything like the form of his Wolverhampton win last spring then he'd have to be taken very seriously, so a market check is advised. Little else inspires here and we'll take Swinbrook to score.
Don Pele (IRE) 4-1 (8-11) Pulled hard, in rear, headway to chase leaders halfway, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 8th of 9, 3l behind Leading Edge (8-10) at Great Leighs 6f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Dec.
Crocodile Bay (IRE) 12-1 (8-10) Soon led, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon weakened, last of 9, 22l behind Dancing Deano (8-10) at W'hampton 7f clm (6) pol in Dec.
Hurricane Coast 6-1 (9-1) Dwelt, held up in rear, ridden and kept on final furlong, nearest finish, 5th of 12, 3 1/2l behind This Ones For Pat (9-2) at Southwell 5f hcp 0-60 (6) fbs in Dec.
Kinout (IRE) 10-1 (9-1) Tracked leader to over 2f out, soon weakened, 11th of 13, 14l behind Salt of The Earth (9-2) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Nov.
Swinbrook (USA) 13-2 (9-4) Towards rear, effort and headway approaching 2f out, kept on, 4th of 12, 4 1/2l behind Le Chiffre (8-9) at W'hampton 7f clm (5) pol in Sept.
Soba Jones 22-1 (9-2) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, driven and weakened final furlong, 7th of 11, 17l behind Came Back (9-5) at Southwell 6f sll (6) fbs in Dec.
Majestic Cheer 16-1 (8-7) Tracked leader, ridden and weakened entering final 2f, 9th of 10, 16l behind Norcroft (9-0) at Southwell 7f hcp 0-60 (6) fbs in Dec.
Ames Souer (IRE) 33-1 (8-5) Towards rear, stayed on approaching final furlong, never troubled leaders, 6th of 9, 11l behind Count Cougar (8-9) at Southwell 6f hcp (6) fbs in Jan '07.
